leaddog wrote:
Skip Springield, MO. Travel via Shreveport, Dallas, Amarillo, Denver, Dubois.
Agree with you re I-55 traffic around Memphis. Merge lanes don't exist in many places and the people there don't know what "Yield right of way" means.
Or, drive through Meridian up to Jackson, TN and take US412 up to Dyersburg, catch I-155 to Hayti, MO and I-55 north to exit 1 in Missouri take US 60 west.
Good luck.
+1, regarding going up to Jackson TN then on to Dyersburg. Easy drive, a LOT less headaches than going through Memphis.
Also, you can skirt around St Louis and grab I70 west to KC, then grab I29 north to Iowa. You could take US2 over to Lincoln NE and grab I-80 to cross NE and go into Wyoming. I've done most of that in reverse and it's not a bad drive.